Chapter 9

From the very beginning, the two of them just didn’t get along. No matter what Xing Luo did, Ye Lixiao would always adopt a haughty posture and coldly mock her with cutting remarks.
Xing Luo, as the King of Beasts, naturally had a fiery temper. How could she ever tolerate that?
At first, their hostility was limited to mere verbal sparring every time they met. They looked at each other with mutual disdain.
Until that incident happened. After that, their relationship deteriorated completely, spiraling out of control.
Xing Luo had long forgotten exactly when it had occurred. By then, she had already assumed the title of Demon Queen. After quelling a disaster, she had been poisoned with a deadly toxin that could only be neutralized with Wanqucao.
Wanqucao was a herb that grew only in forbidden zones, areas inhabited by extremely dangerous ancient beasts.
Within the forbidden zones, an ordinary person’s cultivation would be suppressed. Once inside, even someone as skilled as Xing Luo in her past life could not guarantee she would escape unscathed if she encountered a beast.
Xing Luo’s confidant, Jin Xi, had ventured alone into the forbidden zone to find the herb. Fortunately, he didn’t encounter any monsters and successfully discovered the Wanqucao. But just as he was about to gather it, Ye Lixiao swooped in, seized it, and struck him away with a single palm, leaving him badly injured.
Ye Lixiao had taken the life-saving herb from Xing Luo, but he hadn’t anticipated that, after he left, Jin Xi would find another small sprig and use it to save her.
That herb was meant to save her life, and Ye Lixiao had snatched it away. What else could it mean but that he wanted her dead?
It was only then that Xing Luo realized the depth of Ye Lixiao’s hatred toward her.
From the beginning, it had been he who provoked her.
Although Xing Luo had played tricks on him in revenge, there was no reason for him to want her dead!
What a petty man.
From that point onward, their relationship naturally grew worse and worse.
Before this incident, Xing Luo had never truly seen Ye Lixiao as an enemy, she only thought they were incompatible. She had never considered really confronting him. But after that incident, the masks were off.
Since then, every encounter between them was filled with hostility. Xing Luo treated Ye Lixiao harshly and caused him trouble whenever she could. For someone who once tried to take her life, she could never greet him with a smile, or let things slide.
Over the years, Xing Luo and Ye Lixiao had been in open and covert conflict, until her death.
Now that she had been reborn, and Ye Lixiao didn’t recognize her, he wouldn’t target her anymore, right?
Yet she still disliked this man.
And indeed, this man also clearly hated her.
Once Xing Luo had used him to raise her cultivation to a level where she could protect herself, she would immediately leave his side.
Yuan Xiu said solemnly, “Miss Luo’er, you must remember, everything related to the previous Demon Queen is taboo. If you want to stay alive, do not mention it.”
“I understand,” Xing Luo replied, somewhat annoyed.
One day soon, she would pin Ye Lixiao to the ground and settle the score properly.
“Miss Luo’er, there are no women in the Lord’s palace. Although he had me teach you the rules, you must focus on the two points I told you. In the eyes of outsiders, His Highness is terrifying, but he is actually lenient with his own people. Even so, you must be careful not to overstep, and never, ever offend the dignity of His Highness,” Yuan Xiu instructed.